Button for hose supporters



C. J'. HAZELTON. BUTTON FOR. HOSE SUPPORTERS. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2. 1921.

1,482,692." Patented Oct. 17, 19225.

Patented ct. 12, 1922.

CARL J.=HAZELTON, or wonons rnn, MASSACHUSETTS, assrsnon TO AMERICAN NARROW FABRIC COMPANY, or WORCESTER, assacrrnsnrrs, a-conrona- TION or MASSACHUSETTS.

BUTTON FOR HQSE SU'PI-OR-TERS.v

Application .filed November 7, 1921., Serial Ho. 513,274.

To allwhom it mag concern;

Be it known that I, CARL J. Haznn ron, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of \Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented. a new and useful. Buttonfor Hose Supporters, of which the following isa specification,

This invention relates to a hose supporter button or stud, and the principal objects thereof areto provide a way of keeping the rubber and metal parts of the button from contact with each other so that the sulphur in the rubber will be prevented. from acting on the metal to produce rust ,and discolora tion which in turn detri-mentally.affects the rubber in ordinary buttons of this kind; and also to provide means whereby rust. from moisture will not form and discolor, the metal, and thereby discolor the adjacent sur-- faces of the rubber .collet and. reduce .the life of the button.

Reference is to be had, to the accompany-- ing drawings in -whicl1 F ig. 1 is a front view of a ,hose supporter button constructed in accordance with this invention, and

Fig. 2 is a central, longitudinal, sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. l.

As ordinarily constructed, hose supporter buttons are provided with a base plate of thin sheet-iron .or brass on which a rubber collet is placed, and then an iron or brass stud is forced through a eentral hole in the collet, through a corresponding hole in the plate, and then riveted over on the back.

These plates and studs have been nickel plated commonly so as to permit of the use of iron for the plate and stud. The nickel plating is supposed to render the iron rust proof, but, as a matter of fact, it eventually becomes rusted and discolored from two causes. These are worn so near the body that moisture from the body eventually rusts the metal, and furthermore the sulphur in the rubber of the c-ollet which surrounds the stud has a decided detrimental effect on the iron and even on the nickel. The result is that after a little wear dark rust spots begin to appear on the nickel surfaces. These spread until most of the exposed surfaces are covered with rust and the adjacent surfaces of the rubber are also very badly discolored. This has been a difficulty in this line of manufacture for many years. It has been supposed that the nickel plating was the best protection against it, and in fact it has been thebnly one in practical use. It lengthens the time, obviously, of use of these articles without discoloration, but it does not prevent it, and does not constitute a permanent protection against it.

In accordance with n y invention I mam ufacture a button by a different series of steps, and l. coat the metal in such a way that it will .be permanently protected from even the smallest amount of rust or discoloration from that cause, or from the prof-.- imity of the sulphur in the rubber. In this way I get a permanent button which will remain in its original condition, and with its original appearance, as long as it holds together. I also avoid the appearance of anything that looks like metal on the surface ,ofthe button or at its base, thus pro ducing an article which shows on its face that it is rust proof and which requires no argument to convince the public that it has theproperties claimed of it.

My procedure is as follows: I make a thin plate 10 of ordinary softsheet iron or brass in the shape that is common in the art, or any other shape..Preferably, I perforate it with two holes ll. Into these holes it place the reduced ends of two iron.or brass studs 12 each having a head 13, and each being riveted over at the end 1% on the back. Then I take this piece of metal and enamel it with a vitreous enamel all over so that its surfaces are all provided with a single continuous coating 15 of the enamel. This coating may be very thin, but it is applied in a liquid state and hardened and baked on so that it provides nonanetallic surfaces both on the front and back of the plate and. throughout the areas of the studs. It can be applied by dipping.

Now, the rubber collet 20 formed of the same kind of rubber as has been used heretofore, and originally formed with two persurfaces coming into contact with the rubber and therefore no chance of any detrimental action by the sulphur on the supporting plate or its studs. Furthermore, the presence of moisture can not possibly rust any part of this device as it is provided with a continuous nonmetallic coating. It is to be noted further that what heretofore might have been discarded as impractical, namely, the forcing of the collet over the stud after the stud was fixed to the plate, is rendered practical by my invention. I have provided two studs spaced from each other so that each one acts not only with the same effect as an ordinary single stud would to hold the collet, but if there is a tendency of the collet to become loose on one stud, the other prevents motion of the adjacent surfaces of the collet and thus insures the retention of the collet firmly in position even under unusually severe usage. The collet itself is of such soft rubber that even when applied in the original way it sometimes loses some of its resiliency and comes oil? the stud. But with two studs, having the shoulders under their heads projecting toward each other over a central bridge 22 of rubber, there is practically no danger of dislodgment of the collet even if the fitof it about the studs is not perfect.

Another advantage of this invention lies in thefact that I can make theenamel coating 15 of any desired color and appearance. In practically all forms in which it is to be used it clearly shows that it is not metallic, which is an important advantage in selling, and by proper mixture of the enamel its surface all over the metal can be made to imitate the surface of the rubber collet itself. Therefore, the points that are exposed, namely,'tl1e surfaces of the heads 13 at the center ofthe collet, can be made so as to look like continuations of the rubber surfaces surrounding them. For this purposeI prefer to use an enamel which will be of the same color as the rubber to be applied, and also will imitate the rubber in appearance and surface texture.

In this way, I secure a very practical improvement in this art for the reasons which have been described above. Although I have illustrated anddescribed only one form of the invention I am aware of the fact that modifications can be made therein by any person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claim.

Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to all the details of constructionherein shown and described except as expressed in the claim, but what I do claim is ,As an article of manufacture, a hose supporter button comprising a flat metal plate having" two perforations therethrough spaced apart, apair of studs extending through the perforations from one side and riveted over on the back, said studs having heads in the same plane larger than the studs, the plate and studs being provided with a single continuous thin coating of vitreous enamel entirely covering all their exposed surfaces, and a rubber collet having two perforations therethrough spaced the same distance apart as said studs and placed over the studs so that the heads lie over the front face of the collet, said collet having an integral bridge of rubber extending between the studs and having a surface at the front projecting under and contacting with the adjacent shoulders under the two heads to prevent displacement of the collet.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto atlixed my signature.

CARL J. HAZELTON. 

